SOC101 Chapter 12: SOC 101 Chapter 12: Exploring Sociology: A Canadian Perspective (3rd Edition) > Module 7 (ONLINE Week 7): Education (Ravelli and Webber)
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Review the history of public schooling in canada, and the levels of educational attainment today both in canada and worldwide. Understand how functionalist, con ict, symbolic interactionist, feminist, anti-racist, cultural, and post-structuralist theorists approach the study of education. Outline the impact of rising tuition rates in colleges and universities. Review gendered enrolment rates in postsecondary institutions. Describe some of the key issues facing institutes of higher education today, including research funding, accountability, and academic integrity. Institution responsible for the transmission of particular knowledge, skills, values, and attitudes deemed desirable in a given society. Both formal and informal: formal tends to be regulated and organized by the state, informal involves learning activities that people seek outside of formally structured educational spaces (eg. schools) Stresses societal norms and values to socialize the next generation. Earliest forms of formal education were established in 19th century.
